State-building, expansion and conflict

Civilization: Early societies in South Asia

Name: Carter Phillips


Themes
How does this theme apply to your civilization?
Political Structures and forms of governance
  • no indications of any king or central government have been found
  • in isolated, mountainous areas of India, Aryans place groups of elderes in ruling positions
  • In most other places, tribal chiefs work from permanent capitals and rely on administrative officials
Empires
  • Late Aryan society, regional chiefdoms develop
  • elderly councils directed affairs of small republics and states
Nations and nationalism
N/A
Revolts and revolutions

Regional, transregional, and global structures and organizations